Supporting device



J. a. Rose SUPPORTING ISEVICE Filed Oct. 13. 1921 l wenf Patented duty l7, i923.

ration JACOB B. ROSE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB- TO THE OSBORN-CREW MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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Application filed, October 13, 1921. Serial No. 507,529.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jason B. Rosn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleve land, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Supporting Devices, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a support which is adapted to be fastened in an elevated vertical position as to a wallor molding.

The support is particularly intended as a garment or apparel support, although not limited in this respect, and furthermore, the support finds particularusefulness where it is desired to not have garment supporting hooks extending out frornthe wall except when in use, as for instance in narrow passageways where protruding hooks are liable to be hit against by passersby.

The present invention provides a. supporting member which is resiliently maintained in a vertical position and inside ofa depression in a casing which is associated with it,

the hook being so mounted as to be capable of being moved to a substantially horizontal position when in use and as soon as the weight is released from the hook, the same immediately returns to its vertical position. The particular construction which forms w the present invention provides that the resilient feature by which the support is to be turned to vertical position is obtained by v making the supporting member of resilient wire .material, which is distortedwhen the support isin horizontal position, and as soon as the weight is relieved, the metal of the supporting member under its own inherent resiliency returns to its initial position.

Reference should be had to the 81300311- panying drawings forming a part of this specification in which Fig; l is a front elevation of a device embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the supporting member in distended position; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a suitable base which may conveniently be formed as a stamping and has a face portion 2 which contains a depression 3 within which lies the supporting member 4. The configuration of the depression 3 is immaterial but is preferably such as to substan tially follow the contour of the supporting membere. The bottom of the depression 3 which is substantially as deep as the height of the slanting sides bordering on the face 2 are holes 5 which are adapted to receive screws or nails forthe purpose of so fastening the device to a wall or similar object when in use. i

The supporting member 4 normally lies practically entirely within the depression 3 so that there is nothing protruding from the 5 base member 1 except at the extreme end of the hook which does extend beyond the 63 7 ing a very slight amount so as to enable a finger of a person desiring the use of the hook to be inserted beneath the supporting 79 member and pull it outwardly.

The supporting member 4 is formed, as a looped member its free'ends extending at right angles to the long axis of the support- 2 ing member, which ends are indicated in dot- 75. ted lines in Fig. 1 at 4*. Additionallyflhe supporting member 4 near to the outwardly extending portions 4 is provided with an oppositely. disposed outwardly. extending projection 4 which may be conveniently 80 formed, whenthe supporting member is formed of wire, by bending the wire upon itself as clearly indicatedin Fig; 1.

In. its preferred form, the supporting member 4 is made out of wire which is ine to .herently resilient, that is to say, ofwire which when deformed from its natural po: sition, will tend to return to its former position. I v

The outwardly extending members 4, pass through oppositely disposed holes in side walls ofthe lower portion of the depression. 3, and additionally it. is to be notedthat the lower side walls of the depression 3 are slanting inwardly or toward each other as 5, indicated at 8 and it should further be noted that the extensions? which areformed on the supporting member 4 are in-such position that when the support member 4 is pulled forwardly these extensions 4 will tend to ride 1 along the surfaces of the walls 3 thereby acting as cam members which serve to move the members 4 toward each other, and this will continue until the support is pulled downwardly as far as it will go. If after pull- 10 ing outwardly and downwardly the mem her 4, it be released, it will immediately re turn to its initial position due to the inherent resiliency in the member 4.

Therefore after a garment has been ie- 1110 moved from the supporting member, no further attention, may be paid to it as it automatically returns to its initial position.

By providing the, resilient feature ofthe,

support as an inherent property of the supporting member itself makes it possible to greatly reduce the cost of production ofsuch devices, at the same time making them more efficient, due to ,theelimination of any small springs in connection with the device. While the device shown in the drawings is the preferred form, it will be understood that in speaking of the supporting memb-er l as resilient, it is intended to'include a condition not only where the supporting member is inherently resilient,'but where it is not resilient and a resilient member or members are employed'to make it resilient. Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a device of the character described, a base meinber, a supporting member pivotally mounted at one of its ends on said base, said basebeing provided with surfaces adapted to be engaged by the supporting member as it is moved on its pivot to thereby deform said supporting member from its natural position, whereby the supporting member returns to its initial position when released.

2. In a device ofthe character described,

a base member,a supporting member pivotallymounted at one of its ends on said base, said base being provided with slanting surfaces adapted to be engaged byportions of the supporting member adjacent the piv otal mounting thereof, and thereby to deform said supporting member from its natural position so that the supporting member returns to its initial position when released. I 3. In a device of the character described, a basevmember provided with a depression which has slanting side portions at one end thereof, a resilient supporting member which is pivotally mounted at one of its ends in the said depression of the base member, said supporting member having parts adapted'to engage with the slanting surface before mentioned to thereby deform said supporting member as it is moved on its pivot, whereby the supporting member returns to its initial position'when released.

4:. In a device of thecharacter described, a base member, a looped supporting member having'its free ends extending away from each other, said base member being provided with oppositely disposed openings through which the projections on the end of the supporting member, extend, said base member being provided with surfaces adjacent the ingprovided with oppositely disposed openings in walls of the depression which are adapted to receive the outwardly extending portions of the supporting member, the walls of said depression adjacent the pivotal point of the supporting member being inclined.

and adapted to engage with the supporting member when the sameis moved about its pivot thereby to deform the supporting member whereby the supporting member returns to its initial position when released.

6. In a device of the character described,

a base member, said base member having a, depression therein, the outside walls of said depression atone end beingslanting and having two oppositely disposed'holes therein, a resilient supportingmember formed of a wire iormed as a loop, the free ends of the wire being bent outwardly and in opposite directions, said wire having sidewardly extending projecting portions above the free ends, the said supporting member normally lying-in the depression in the base member with the outwardly extending free ends passing through the holes aforesaid and with the outwardly extending projections on the supporting member engaging the slanting surfaces of the depression when the supporting member is moved thereby to place the resilient member under tension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

. JACOB B. Ross. 

